Guardian Music — Dizzee Rascal and Lily Allen among artists in the line for a songwriting prize. Plus, there's another nomination for last year's surprise contender Nick HemmingLily Allen and Dizzee Rascal will lead a roll call of British nominees at this year's Ivor... more info

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BBC News - UK — Lily Allen and Dizzee Rascal each have a brace of nominations for next month's prestigious Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting. more info

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The Mirror — It's back to the laboratory for Professor Green. The rapper, who is Lily Allen's protege, lost out on the No.1 spot to comeback king Usher whose OMG, featuring Will.I.Am, is a big club favourite. Congrats. more info

Guardian Music — Lady Gaga's tweets are eccentric, Lily Allen's snippy, Trent Reznor's charitable – and the Streets' Mike Skinner tweets out his latest tracksAttention-seeking, ego-massage, contact with adoring fans: it's obvious why pop stars have been such k... more info

ContactMusic — LILY ALLEN was sent into a panic on Sunday night (11Apr10) after hearing her actor father KEITH had allegedly been embroiled in a fight at a literary festival.The British... more info

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Guardian Music — Band will record one-off song in aid of independent record storesDamon Albarn has confirmed that Blur will record new material for the first time in seven years. However, the Britpop legends only plan to record one song, which will be released on lim... more info

NME — Bat For Lashes, Danger Mouse, Hot Chip also for vinyl releases more info